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  1. Well well well.  It would seem our transatlantic cousins don''t have a special relationship when it comes to Norwich City defenders.

    http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/zak_whitbread_misses_out_on_usa_gold_cup_call_1_904732

    Which reminds me, speaking of food - why not share with me your favourite Norwich City player who was named after an edible item of food or fruit?

    I was always a fan of our 1975 Player of the Year, the legendary Colin Suggett.  Now I know that technically he isn''t named after a piece of food, but his name does rhyme with "chicken nugget" so I''ll allow it as a technicality.  What say you?

     


  2. [quote user="I am a Banana"]

    Im not going to moan about him being captain or anything like that, I can''t as he has lead us to back to back promostions, but one question has been bugging me all day.

    Would Grant Holt be fans favourite, as influential on and off the pitch, put the same effort in etc if he WASN''T captain?

    [/quote]

    If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is around, does it make a sound?


  3. [8]Let them all pass all their dirty remarks
    There is one question I''d really like to ask
    Is there a place for the hopeless binner
    Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
    Believe me

    One love

    One heart

    Let''s get together and feel alright

    Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright[8]

     


  4. [quote user="scrimmage"]Considering he had only made 7 appearances before he came to us (tore his hamstring 13 minutes into his Bristol City debut then 6 times at Sheffield United) I don''t think he did badly at all. [/quote]

    Good heavens, if he tore his hamstring six times at Sheffield United then it''s a wonder the plucky little bugger''s still able to play professional football. Sign him up, I say!  He''s an iron man!


  5. [quote user="BlyBlyBabes"]I believe that their 2m loan is due for repayment on City attaining Premiership status. If I am correct, I wonder if they will they call it in or offer to ''invest'' further....... OTBC[/quote]

    Ah, Ike and Tina.  Splendid, splendid.  Such a happy couple to start with, but where did it all go wrong?

    [8]I got you, Babes.[8]

     


  6. [quote user="Mister Chops"]Who would you rather have in your team and why?
    [/quote]

    For me personally, this is a no-brainer.  It''s the age-old question of thoroughbred or pit pony-  artist or artisan - Prince of Thieves or Prince of Persia. 

    Bentley, as his name suggests, is class but expensive to run, but when the chips are down and it''s do or die, will he put in a good honest shift and knuckle down in the trenches with the hoi polloi?  Those of us who watched Fulham away in 2004-5 via satellite technology will know that he went missing that day and was as much use as a shopping trolley at the apocalypse. 

    Simon Lappin is a grafter, a good honest pro, a steady eddie, a team man, a loyal and devoted servant, a humble ambassador for the lesser lights and what''s more, he has a good solid left foot.  He knows his limits and would probably throw himself on a grenade if you asked him to.

    In summary I would have both in my arsenal, with Bentley preferred for the big time charlies and Lappin for the good old relegation six pointers, you know, a bit like using your left hand sometimes for variety or lying on your right one until it goes a bit numb.

     


  7. [quote user="youngcanary"]personally for next season i''d have cody. works his socks off, can score with his head, all round good play, can do a bit of everything and also is pretty rapid. he deserves his chance[/quote]

     

    I agree with this.  Defoe has had his chance and failed.  If you''ve climbed up scaffolding in the wind and rain, in the cold and damp, you know that playing football for a living is a privilege and not a lifestyle that any Tom, Dick or Sally can just pick up and run with.  Whereas Mister Defoe has never trodden the path of the common man and does not appreciate the working man''s game.  Therefore I say huzzah for Cody MacDonald and long may he continue to lead our line when Grant Holt is injured and Simeon Jackson is in Canada and Aaron Wilbraham is hanging out with his little blue friends.

     


  8. Every dog has its day and today fortune favoured the brave boys of AFC Wimbledon who fought like lions and defended like tigers, leapt like salmon at the far post and rolled their sleeves up to get stuck into the full ninety minutes plus the extra time.  And then the nightmare of penalties, a lottery of death where you can be hero or villain.  The boys did well, back in the big time and let''s see if they go from strength to strength in punching above their weight.

     


  9. Yes, he was the black fellow wasn''t he?  Jolly good.  Up and at ''em!  Jet heeled and full of pith and vinegar, reminded me of a young Ruel Fox after a spell on the rack.  Come on Delia, get your cheque book out (and I don''t mean of the hairy variety) and we''ll tear down the right with Martin and Adomah.


  10. And among the 40,000 there is the inner quadrant, the vocal minority who lord it over all of us with their self congratulatory bleating, when they''re not hijacking threads to argue amongst themselves.  Dear oh dear oh dear.  A penny to a pound that none of them have been within fifty yards of Carrow Road unless it''s to tug on Delia''s apron strings.

     


  11. [quote user="NauruDude"]Wow ofc I forgot that Enyeama guy. We should sign him defo.

    750000 on Enyeama
    1000000 on Garra Dembele
    2000000 on Kolbeinn Sigþórsson
    1500000 on Aron Gunnarsson
    2000000 on Matthew Upson
    2000000 on Jimmy Kebe
    3000000 on Ashley Williams
    500000 on Matti Lund Nielsen
    1500000 on Lewis MacGugan
    0 on Fabio Borini
    -----------------------------------------
    14250000 on 10 players that looks class.

    We can then sell Grant Holt while his stock is high for maybe 3-4 million. Then Rudd goes on loan to Walsall.
    [/quote]

     

    Please don''t take this the wrong way, but I think this is the worst set of ideas since Gordon Brown''s debt recovery plan.  If anyone here needs an Enyema, it''s you.


  12. Sometimes distance can lend you a perspective on things that isn''t possible when you''re caught up in the moment.

     

    I note that between 40,000 and 50,000 Norwich City "fans" turned out to see "their team" at City Hall.  Would these be the same fans who failed to fill Carrow Road for the first 12 games?  The same fans who didn''t take their places in those extra seats that McNally and Bowkett thought would be needed?

     

    Dear, oh dear.  Whatever happened to For Better For Worse, For Richer, For Poorer?  A little success and all the plastic fans come scuttling out of the woodwork.  Still, perhaps after an initial taste of success they will get hooked and come back time after time.  Or perhaps they will drift away with the Autumn leaves once we''re in the bottom half of the table come November.  Who can tell?  At least thanks to the BBC and Match of the Day, The World And His Wife can watch without a satellite dish.

     


  13. GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, 
      Old Time is still a-flying: 
    And this same flower that smiles to-day 
      To-morrow will be dying.

    Not my words of course, oh no.  These are the words of the mighty poet Robert Herrick (d 1674) but much of what he says still rings true in the helter skelter cutthroat world of Premier League football.  If we delay bringing in fresh new blood for too long then we risk coming up empty handed as the transfer boat has sailed.  If we rush in without full and proper planning then we risk being left with egg on our faces.  Remember, the early bird may catch the worm, but sometimes the worm turns and then you''re in a sea of trouble without a pot to piss into.

     

    What will Lambert do?  Sign early, or wait patiently?  Nobody loves a wallflower.  On this I can give you my word - I didn''t have sex until I was 43 and that was only after a day trip to Cuba.  Will Lambert deliver the goods, or will we be sold a pig in a poke called "Premiership"?

     

    One thing is certain - the world and his wife will be listening.

     

    Be good to one another. [Y]

     


  14. I agree.

    But do you remember the days when it was Division 1 to Premier League? Or Division 2 to Division 1?  Ron Saunders?  Mousehold?  Southwold? In winter, it''s cold?

    Mistakes are often made again lest we learn our lessons from the past.  The Premiership, that land of milk and honey, may be a poisoned chalice but is not a gift horse we should look in the mouth without holding our breath and knowing what we''re getting ourselves into.  I trust Lambert, Bowkett and McNally to look before they leap, and then to seize the day.  All aboard the gravy train as we drop anchor in the Premier League''s hallowed waters.

    And thanks to Rupert Murdoch, the world and his wife will literally be watching. 

    Be good to one another.


  15. The happy couple leaving the abbey and travelling on horseback can only bring a tear to the eye and a lump in the throat of anyone who has an ounce of English blood coursing through their veins.  Prince William saw what he wanted, went out and got it and now behind closed doors they will doubtless consummate their nuptials and get on with the difficult and expensive task of raising a family.  God knows it''s a hard business.  Fast forward twenty years and they''ll probably have nothing but memories and a daughter who''s run off to Goa with a man of dubious repute.  Please get in touch, Linda.

     

    Anyway, don''t take my word for it.  Just ask David McNally, who saw Paul Lambert, saw he was hot, went out and snared him for our Yellow and Green kingdom.  And if we avoid the banana skins and make it to the land of milk and honey that is the Premier League, who could deny our fairytale prince a kiss on the cheeks from Delia herself?  Even Archie Macauley never had this spunk about him.

     

    Be good to one another.

     


  16. A pioneer who sailed his ship around the world to discover the continent of America.

     

    Like Columbus, Lambert is steering the good ship Norwich City towards unchartered territory - the land of milk and honey that is the Barclays Premier League.  Will he and his able crew make it?  Or will there be sharks off the coast of Swansea? Pirates on the shores of Cardiff?  Is there a blue and white Iceberg in the way this Thursday?  Could Oscar Wilde rouse himself from Reading Gaol and torpedo our yellow submarine?  Will Associate Director Fry be caught with Seaman Staines all over him?

     

    Who knows?  But what a voyage it continues to be.  And thanks to Sky, the world and her husband are tuning in, turning on, and let''s hope it''s only the Welsh who are dropping out.

     

    Be good to one another.

    O.T.B.C.


  17. I was watching the London Marathon this morning, via satellite link straight to my own personal bunker, which got me wondering.  Have there been any professional Kenyan footballers?  I imagine they could run box to box all day, breaking up play and surging into the area to create powerful goalscoring opportunities.  Imagine Gary Holt, but better.  Imagine Damien Francis, but better.  And after a few sessions with Ron Saunders up and down Mousehold, they''d steamroller anyone in our way. 

    Munby once said we were smarter than the average bear, or something.  I wonder if this is what he was getting at.

    Thoughts? And please don''t bother responding if you''re one of the inner quadrant.

    Be good to one another.

     

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